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Three-for-one at Black Bear
The cleverly and aptly titled “Jokes, Pokes and Chokes” comedy, tattoo and wrestling convention comes together in a three-way dance of hilarity, pain and mayhem today and Sunday at Black Bear Casino Resort in Carlton.
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Well, we don’t really know if the actor loves Duluth, but he has mentioned the city at least twice.
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An estimated 500 business leaders, local elected officials and students participated in the 16th annual Duluth & St. Louis County Days at the Capitol event that included meeting with state lawmakers, a rally at the rotunda and a reception of Duluth and county exhibitors at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront hotel.
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An estimated 500 business leaders, local elected officials and students participated in the 16th annual Duluth & St. Louis County at the Capitol event that included meeting with state lawmakers, a rally at the rotunda and a reception of Duluth and county exhibitors at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront hotel.
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Duluth will catch a whiff of Sunnyvale today when the cast of the hit Canadian TV show “Trailer Park Boys” makes a stop on the “Dear Santa Claus, Go (bleep) Yourself” tour.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth mayor disappointed with Georgia-Pacific's 'lack of cooperation'
Duluth Mayor Don Ness said Georgia-Pacific has hindered the city’s efforts to find a new occupant for the company’s hardboard plant that closed earlier this year. Meanwhile, the city received a $285,000 state grant to help former GP employees find new jobs.
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UPDATE: The grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development will help the city and Duluth Workforce Development provide professional re-employment assistance for up to 80 of the 141 workers who lost their jobs when the Georgia-Pacific plant began its shutdown in August and want to return to the workforce.
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A Washington man recently purchased items at auction that once belonged to late Duluth man, Marine and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Maj. Henry A. Courtney Jr.
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Jeremy Popoff spoke with the News Tribune on Wednesday about his band, writing songs for Lit and other artists, and a career that has spanned four decades.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: As president of the Duluth Amateur Soccer League, it’s common for me to receive e-mails from people new to the area looking to join a team. But I’d never read one like the message Matt McCune sent me three summers ago.
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Facts in alleged beating are few, but that doesn’t stop cyber mobs
JIMMY BELLAMY: A little more than a week ago, a party was thrown at an abandoned gravel pit by a group of people that included students from Proctor High School.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: 2012. How does that sound? Seriously, how does it read to you?
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JIMMY BELLAMY: Normally, I advise against it. Just as Liberace’s impressive ability to wear sequin capes didn’t guarantee you can do the same, not everyone can look good with a mustache. But for one month, I strongly encourage maximum participation.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: It may seem like only yesterday, and that’s because it practically was. The napkins would have been inscribed “August 20th.” The TV broadcast was Oct. 10. Those are the dates that mark the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries — the first being the day of the actual wedding, the other the day that it made it on the air.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: There never has been a better time than now to be a zombie. Or a vampire. Or a superhero. And it has zero to do with Halloween creeping up.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: People got worked up this week leading up to Apple’s unveiling of the next iPhone. And some still are — but for a different reason.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: The residents of Glenwood Street have drawn a line in the sand, gravel, rocks and cement.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: In 2011, the post office is as dated as a Cliff Clavin reference. But I like the idea of it, just like I like Cliffy.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: The day that for so long seemed a lifetime away has arrived.
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JIMMY BELLAMY: The bizarre singer-songwriter was nowhere to be seen at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. Instead, performing, presenting, and accepting the award for Best Female Video was a “man” named Jo Calderone.
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